Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

The application of the rules laid down in this chapter is subject to the control of the judicial authorities referred to in articles 12 and 13. Any person on national territory must agree to submit to an identity check carried out under the conditions and by the police authorities referred to in the following articles.

The judicial police officers and, on their orders and under their responsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in articles 20 and 21-1° may ask any person in respect of whom there are one or more plausible grounds for suspecting that : -that he has committed or attempted to commit an offence; -or that he is preparing to commit a crime or an offence; -or that…

At the request of the public prosecutor, officers of the judicial police and, on their orders or responsibility, officers of the judicial police and deputy officers of the judicial police mentioned in articles 20 and 21 (1°) are empowered to enter premises for professional use, as well as their annexes and outbuildings, unless they constitute a home, where construction, production, processing, repair, service provision or marketing activities are in progress,…

I.-At the written request of the public prosecutor, in the places and for the period of time that this magistrate determines and which may not exceed twenty-four hours, renewable by express decision and with reasons in accordance with the same procedure, officers of the judicial police and, on their orders and under their responsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1°…

Officers of the judicial police, assisted, where appropriate, by the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of article 21, may inspect vehicles travelling or stopped on the public highway or in places accessible to the public where there are one or more plausible reasons to suspect that the driver or a passenger has committed, as perpetrator or accomplice, a felony…

I.-To prevent a serious threat to the safety of persons and property, officers of the judicial police and, on their orders and under their responsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of Article 21 may carry out not only the identity checks provided for in the eighth paragraph of article 78-2 but also, with the agreement of the driver…

For the purposes of investigating and prosecuting the offence provided for in article 431-10 of the Criminal Code, the judicial police officers mentioned in 2° to 4° of the article 16 of this code and, under the responsibility of the latter, the officers mentioned in the article 20 and in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of the article 21 may, on the written requisition of the public prosecutor, proceed…

I. – Any person who is the subject of an identity check or verification as provided for in this chapter may, where this check or verification reveals that there are serious grounds for believing that his or her behaviour may be linked to terrorist activities, be detained on the spot or in the police station where he or she is taken for a check of his or her situation by…

The duration of detention provided for in articles 78-3 and 78-3-1 shall, where applicable, be deducted from that of police custody.